The Academic Minute features professors from top institutions around the country, delving into topics from the serious to the light-hearted, keeping listeners abreast of what's new and exciting in the academy.

In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Bristol's Judyth Sassoon explores the discovery of a pliosaur fossil with signs of severe arthritis. Sassoon is a researcher in the School of Earth Sciences at Bristol, where her current research is focused on the palaeobiology of Mesozoic marine reptiles. Find out more about her here. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.